 | Walter Scott - 1821 - 608 pages
...swamp ; and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate countess of Leicester viewed those gray and... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 352 pages
...swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. V .-a ii.' uA.ii'i. -ii . T. . It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1821 - 350 pages
...swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...happiness of those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous content, ment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart.) - 1821 - 414 pages
...swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess... | |
 | 1821 - 502 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an .•nimble lot in virtuous contentment.' \ The gay Raleigh: — the rude Blount — and the voluble... | |
 | Walter Scott - Great Britain - 1821 - 340 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness of those who enjoy an humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate countess... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1824 - 434 pages
...swamp : and the massive ruins of the castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and .to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and... | |
 | William Thomas Moncrieff - Health resorts - 1824 - 396 pages
...swamp ; and the massive -ruins of the Castle only serve to shew what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value...who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment.'"* On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester continued to make K^nilworth his occasional residence,... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...siege, and now in the games of chivalry, where beauty dealt the prize which valour won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment." On the departure of Elizabeth, the Earl of Leicester made Kenilworth his occasional residence, till... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1836 - 564 pages
...of the castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visiter the transitory value of human possessions, and the...those who enjoy a humble lot in virtuous contentment. It was with far different feelings that the unfortunate Countess of Leicester viewed those grey and... | |
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... won, all is now desolate. The bed of the lake is but a rushy swamp ; and the massive ruins of the Castle only serve to show what their splendour once was, and to impress on the musing visitor the transitory value of human possessions, and the happiness... 
